Hi, Bill! Could you please help me a bit with this kickstart file. I read RH6 manual and seems like I follow all the outlined steps. However, something doesn't work right. Here is the case. I am trying to install RH6 on a IBM THinkpad laptop. It has WIndows98 preinstalled, which on drive C with FAT16. It also has logical drive D, which is empty. Now, under Linux the WIndows98 partition comes as /hda1 and logical drive under /hda5. I am attaching a kickstart file that I've created. As soon as I type linux ks=floppy at boot prompt, RH6 asks me for PCMCIA floppy, I put it into the A drive and it sort of kicks off. But then, it stops and says that it could not mount the partition that I specified in ks.cfg file. I though that once you specify the partition in that file, RH should take care on its own about creating necessary partitions. I would appreciate any of your help. Regards, Vic ----- Original Message ----- From: William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-777-8123 <wacker ibm net> To: <blinux-list redhat com> Sent: Sunday, June 06, 1999 8:48 PM Subject: Re: Introduction > > > On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, James R. Van Zandt wrote: > > > RedHat will probably require some sighted assistance, but is easier to > > maintain. In particular, the Red Hat package manager (called rpm) > > implements package "dependencies", so that if a new package will > > require other packages to be installed or updated, you will be told > > about it. > RedHat has a feature called Kickstart. It allows one to place most of the > install parameters in a script file ahead of time. I couldn't figure out > how to put the hostname and domain info in the file, so, it does prompt > for those things. So I just boot the RH6.0 floppy. When the prompt comes > up, about three seconds into the boot process, I type "linux ks=floppy". > When the floppy stops making noise, it prompts for the PCMCIA disk. It > does this because I use a laptop. I assume, that if you are using a > desktop, it would start the install at first disk. When I put in the > PCMCIAdisk, I press enter twice and it takes off. In about twenty > minutes, the CDRom and HDD are quiet and that tells me it's time to pres > enter and type my domain. I then press enter and type my hostname. I > press enter again and it prompts for the second nameserver. I don't have > one, so, you guessed it, I just hit enter again. One more enter for > the third nameserver and it takes off again. As an extra touch, I > redirect the completion message that the installation routine normally > places in /etc/motd to /dev/ttyS0 where my Audapter is waiting to tell me > all about it. I can help you write a kickstart for your system. you can > find mor info on kickstart on the RedHat CDRom. The file is called > Kickstart-HOWTO, I think. > > > > > Hope this helps. > Bill in Denver > > > --- > Send your message for blinux-list to blinux-list redhat com > Blinux software archive at ftp://leb.net/pub/blinux > Blinux web page at http://leb.net/blinux > To unsubscribe send mail to blinux-list-request redhat com > with subject line: unsubscribe >
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